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minutes of the begular orono city council <br />MEETING HELD ON JUNE 23,1997 <br />(#11 - #2248 Da\ad and Jodi Rahn - Continued) <br />Raiir .aid the only other option is to pUce the stnicture in the middle of the flood plain <br />which would require mitigation. He reiterated that no mitigaUon would be required in <br />squaring off the structure. <br />Jabbour asked the Council for th«r opinion. <br />Goetten said she would not approve additional hardcover in the 0-75 setback. <br />Jabbour noted the applicant had suggested ehmin^'' on of the decks which would decease <br />the hardcover from 1320 s.f. to 1018 s.f. Rahn tui.: he has sold his other home and his <br />family plans on liwng here year around. He also indicated that he will be planning on <br />adding a garage in the future. <br />f <br />J^bour and Goetten both informed Rahn that structure :n the flood plain is less of an <br />issue than structure in the 0-75’ setback. Rahn said his dream is to restore the cabin and <br />suggested diminat'mg the deck and maintaining the screen porch as planned. Goetten <br />was informed that the 8'xl2 ’ is to be located on the north side of the structure. Jabbour <br />said there is 60 s.f. of existing deck and 252 s.f. total of decking. Eliminafmg this <br />decking and maintaining tlic screen porch would result iii 1068 s.f. of structure. The <br />structure would be increased from 540 s.f. to 840 s.f. with a 132 s.f. porch. <br />J^bour indicated that he is only considering this option because the stiucture is mimmal <br />in size noting 1500 s.f. is normally allowed. ‘Ihe option would also maintain the structure <br />out of the flood plain and would be serviced with sewer. Jabbour said this situation <br />creates a true hardship. <br />Jabbour moved to approve Application #2248 based on the hardships and rewoning as <br />stated with the removal of decks as proposed by the applicant in order to facilitate the <br />application. <br />The motion failed due to lack of a second. <br />Goetten said she could not vote in favor of the motion and noted that the application <br />could be heard in front of a full Council. <br />Rahn indicated that the guidelines have not changed since 1983 when the adjacent <br />property was permitted 29% hardcover. Jabbour said be recognized the City made a <br />mistake at that time. Rahn indicated that time is of the essence in providing a home for <br />his family. <br />Goetten said she would be wiling to table the application to the meeting of July 14. <br />Goetten moved, Flint seconded, to t^le Application #2248. Vote: Ayes 3, Nays 0.